When Brexit and Covid collide: How will the government handle the end of Brexit transition alongside coronavirus?

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In January, the government will be doing battle on two fronts: dealing with a likely disruptive end to the Brexit transition period as the UK faces a new trading relationship with the EU while the covid crisis is still raging. Even if the UK government is able to deploy and manage its resources effectively, local authorities and businesses may still be overwhelmed.

In this podcast, we considered how the government should prepare for a difficult January including what the government can learn from its initial pandemic response and previous iterations of no-deal planning.

On our panel to discuss these issues were:

• Dame Clare Moriarty, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Professor Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Kings College London
• Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Leeds City Council
• Alex Thomas, Programme Director at the Institute for Government

The event was chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.

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